 Health Lifestyles in the United States and Canada: Are We Really So Different?*Patrick M. Krueger, Tajudaullah Bhaloo and Pauline Vaillancourt Rosenau Social Science Quarterly, 2009, vol. 90, issue 5, 1380-1402 Abstract: Objective. Some research suggests that social, political, and cultural life in the United States and Canada are growing divergent. We use health lifestyle theories to extend prior research and compare the United States and Canada on population health indicators. Methods. The population health indicators include health behaviors, fertility, and cause‐specific mortality for each of the U.S. states (and Washington, DC) and Canadian provinces and territories (N=64). Results. Canada and the United States are significantly different on many health lifestyle variables, but levels of the health lifestyle variables converge at the U.S.‐Canada border, and some U.S. states and Canadian provinces or territories exhibit similar health lifestyle patterns, regardless of whether they share an international border (these are mapped in the article). Conclusions. Although Canada and the United States differ on major population health indicators, some states, provinces, and territories exhibit marked similarities. Our article concludes with a discussion about how our comparative perspective might inform population health policies. Date: 2009 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:socsci:v:90:y:2009:i:5:p:1380-1402 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Social Science Quarterly is currently edited by Robert L. Lineberry More articles in Social Science Quarterly from Southwestern Social Science Association |
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